FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Joe Eyre
650-949-5908
joe.eyre@losaltoscf.org
BOARD OFFICERS
Sherie Dodsworth, Co-Chair
Claudia Coleman, Co-Chair
Kevin Schick, Treasurer
Henry Roux
Corporate Secretary
Dennis Young
Past Board Chair
BOARD MEMBERS
Cam and Albert Chan
Christina Chu
Claudia Coleman
Sherie Dodsworth
Judy Hannemann
Mike Kasperzak
Crysta Krames
Bob Kresek
George Limbach
Marilyn Manning Lonergan
Nancy Manning
Scott Riches
Henry Roux
Kevin Schick
George Stafford
Emy & Jim Thurber
Dennis Young
PROGRAMS
Anabel Pelham
Center for Age Friendly Excellence
Emy Thurber
Community Grants
Claudia Coleman
Leadership Education
Advancement (LEAD)
Sherie Dodsworth
Los Altos Block Action Teams
Annette Graff
Los Altos Mediation Program (LAMP)
Sherie Dodsworth
Los Altos Prepare
Dee Gibson/Janet Tornow
MVLA Community Scholars
King Lear
Neutra House
Karen Duncan
PrimeTime
Ruth Patrick
WOMEN~SV
Skye Delano
Youth in Philanthropy (E3)
STAFF
Joe Eyre, Executive Director
Roy Lave, Executive Director, Emeritus
Laurel Iverson, Communications
Geneva DePaola, Accounting
Hank Drew, IT and web technologies
Vanessa Yamzon, Finance
March 7, 2014
Los Altos Community Foundation Announces 2014 Honorees for John W.
Gardner Awards
Los Altos Community Foundation has announced the volunteers who will be
honored at its 10th annual John W. Gardner awards dinner on April 3rd. Twentysix non-profits serving Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and/or Mountain View have
nominated exceptional volunteers who have made a significant difference for
their organization.
The Gardner Awards are unique in our communities because any non-profit
can nominate an exceptional volunteer, instead of an independent panel", said
Joe Eyre, Executive Director of LACF. This enables all non-profits, including
small ones, to recognize honorees with the broader local philanthropic
community."
The Gardner Award volunteer nominees include:
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Kit Gordon, Acterra
Rose Rambo and Jim Clark, Assistance League of Los Altos
Aila Malik, Challenge Team of Mountain View/Los Altos
Ineke Ligtenberg, Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Paul Kraus, Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)
Richard Strock, Day Worker Center of Mountain View
Claudia Coleman, El Camino Hospital Foundation
Alice Nuzzo, Family & Children Services
Lee Winchell, Friends of Deer Hollow Farm
Gary Hedden, GreenTown Los Altos
Kevin Thompson, Hope's Corner
Alison Kibrick, Just Read
Julie Cates, Krause Center for Innovation
Tom Smith, Los Altos Amateur Radio Emergency Service
Nancy Manning, Los Altos Community Foundation
Mardell Blaufarb, Los Altos Sister Cities
Jim Thurber, Los Altos Stage Company
Glenn Goldberg, dual nominee of Los Altos Educational Foundation and the
MVLA High School Foundation
 Joanna Read, Music for Minors
 Ann Hepenstahl, Oak School PTA
 James Otieno, Palo Alto University
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Bonnie Burdett, Partners for New Generations
Alan Bien, Peninsula Symphony Orchestra
JoAnn Buchanan, Peninsula Youth Theatre
Alice Lee, Santa Rita School PTA
Carol Worthington-Levy, Schola Cantorum, Inc.
This event, named for John W. Gardner, former Secretary of Health, Education, and
Welfare and honorary founder of the Los Altos Community Foundation, exemplifies his life’s
devotion to bettering our society. It honors Dr. Gardner’s legacy by highlighting volunteers who
exhibit his civic entrepreneurship and community service in any of the five areas of his career –
public service, education, government, science and technology, and arts and letters.
More about the Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Community Foundation, founded in 1991, inspires, facilitates, and celebrates
philanthropy in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and Mountain View. It does this through local grantmaking, programs that serve the community, fiscal sponsorship of social entrepreneurs, charitable
funds, and community leadership. Find out more at losaltoscf.org